Canelo Álvarez vs. Ryan Rhodes was a professional boxing match contested on June 18, 2011, for the WBC super welterweight championship.[1][2][3] The bout was held at Arena VFG in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico and was televised on HBO.[4]
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| Date | June 18, 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Arena VFG, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBC super welterweight title | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Álvarez wins via 12th-round TKO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Background
editAfter his dominate victory over Matthew Hatton to win the vacant super welterweight belt over Matthew Hatton on 5 March 2011, Canelo Álvarez quickly signed to make his first defence against European super welterweight champion Ryan Rhodes.[5][6][7]
Harold Lederman, HBO's unofficial ringside judge called the Litzau and Broner bout with Bob Papa. Roy Jones Jr. was pulled from that fight and was back on for the main-event, because his promotional company has a relationship with Litzau.[8]
The fight
editÁlvarez would overwhelm Rhodes with his accurate punching with both hands. Álvarez would open up cuts under both of Rhodes' eyes and would drop him with a right hand behind the ear in the fourth round. In the final round, Álvarez would land a right hand in the opening minute that hurt Rhodes. With less than a minute left in the bout when a flurry caused Rhodes to take a step back and cover up with Álvarez throwing power shots against Rhodes who was not able to respond, which prompted the referee wave off the bout at the same moment Rhodes' trainer Dave Coldwell chose to throw in the towel.[9][10]
Aftermath
editAlfredo Angulo, Cornelius Bundrage, Kermit Cintron, Miguel Cotto, Vanes Martirosyan and Sechew Powell were all mentioned as potential next opponents for Álvarez.[11]
The fight averaged 1.6 million viewers on HBO.[12]
Undercard
editConfirmed bouts:[13]
Televised
edit- Super welterweight championship
Canelo Álvarez vs. 
Ryan Rhodes
- Álvarez defeated Rhodes via technical knockout at 0:48 in the twelve round.
- Super featherweight bout:
Jason Litzau vs. Adrien Broner
- Broner defeated Litzau via technical knockout at 2:58 in the first round.
Preliminary card
edit- Featherweight bout: Sergio Villanueva vs.
Onalvi Sierra
- Villanueva defeated Sierra via unanimous decision.
- Super featherweight bout: José Manuel Osório vs. Alexander Monterrosa
- Osório defeated Monterrosa via technical knockout.
- Light heavyweight bout: Marco Antonio Periban vs. Alfredo Contreras
- Periban defeated Contreras via unanimous decision.
- Light welterweight bout: Carlos Pérez vs. Cesar Figueroa
- Figueroa defeated Pérez via technical knockout in the second round.
- Flyweight bout: Jesús Jiménez vs. Patricio Camacho
- Jiménez defeated Camacho via knockout at 1:18 in the third round.
- Featherweight bout: Gary Buckland vs. Jose Roberto Gonzalez
- Buckland defeated Gonzalez via unanimous decision.
Broadcasting
edit| Country | Broadcaster |
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 Hungary |
Sport 2 |
 Mexico |
Televisa |
 United Kingdom |
Sky Sports |
 United States |
HBO |
References
edit- ^ "Saul Alvarez vs. Ryan Rhodes". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
- ^ Ambitious Álvarez isn't pressured by high expectationsRing TV Archived June 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Max Boxing - News - Saul "Canelo" Alvarez Prepares to Begin His Title Reign". Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. Retrieved June 16, 2011.
- ^ "Photos: Saul Alvarez in Top Form for Ryan Rhodes Clash". May 24, 2011.
- ^ Tony Curtis (March 24, 2011). "Rhodes eyes WBC title". Sky Sports. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ^ "Ryan Rhodes promises to upset Saul Alvarez in title bid". bbc.co.uk. BBC. March 25, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
- ^ Kevin Mitchell (March 25, 2011). "One fight too far for Ryan Rhodes? Either way, it will not be dull". The Guardian. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
- ^ HBO makes Lederman an analystRing TV Archived June 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Ryan Rhodes stopped by Saul Alvarez in WBC title fight". bbc.co.uk. BBC. June 19, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
- ^ Dan Rafael (June 20, 2011). "Alvarez highlights weekend action". espn.go.com. ESPN. Archived from the original on June 23, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
- ^ Justin Tate (June 19, 2011). "Saul "Canelo" Alvarez KOs Ryan Rhodes: Who's Next? Top 5 Alvarez Challengers". bleacherreport.com. Bleacher Report. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
- ^ "HBO's First Half Posts Similar Ratings from Greenburg Era". Max Boxing. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
- ^ "BoxRec - event".